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According to Channel 4 re Italian soccer "Briatore closing in on QPR Friday 17 August, 2007" (which is mostly just a repeating of The Sun and Reuters story (which itself was from The Sun)
"....The 57-year-old businessman is expected to finalise the deal alone, without F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone and ex-Juventus director Antonio Giraudo, who were initially paired with Briatore’s ambitious plans." Channel 4